Chapter 9 Summary

The corporal asks Jo's father a bunch of questions as he stands in the doorway of the cabin. One of the soldiers with the corporal sees movement in the window and moves to check it out. The corporal, after seeing the look of fear on Jo's face, calls him back and wishes everyone goodbye before leaving. The next day, Jo silently waits for word on the safety of the children and his father, who has gone with Benjamin to sneak the children over the border of Spain. Before word can come, the village learns that Benjamin and Leah have been caught by a patrol. Jo later learns that Leah refuses to go across the border and instead insisted on returning to Madame Horcada's farm with Benjamin. On the way, they ran into the bear that Benjamin cared for all that time before. Leah...